Link object not getting identified

[yogesh kancherla]

hi, I want to identify a link object whose property values change at runtime.
Below is the link how it looks:
OFS-47013-X:BTFG6412-1
But the above link always starts with OFS. so can u help me with regular expression for the above. I am using descriptive programming in my test.
i have tried the below but its not working
Link("innertext:=OFS.*")
please help me here

[sshukla12]

Hi,

Are there multiple link with this name format?.If yes, then kindly provide the complete details.

Regards,
Sankalp

[harishshenoy]

Hi if there are more than one link which starts from the 'OFS' then u need to use index of it or try to use any other properties which make the link unique.

u can use link("innertext:=OFS.*" , "index:=0").click

but it is not recommended to use 'index' , try to identify with any of the other properties like 'class' and 'html id'.

Thanks,
Harish

[yogesh kancherla]

Hi,
this is the only link which i will capture, but there are other link as well in that page which starts with some other alphabets or numbers.
Below are the properties of the link object which i am trying to use

Code:

"innertext:=OFS.*",
"html tag:=A",
"color:=#0000ff",
"background color:=#ffffff"

I tried with the above.

below are the other properties available

Code:

[b]text[/b]=OFS-47045-X:BTFG9093-1
innertext=OFS-47045-X:BTFG9093-1
[b]outertext[/b]=OFS-47045-X:BTFG9093-1
[b]name[/b]=OFS-47045-X:BTFG9093-1
[b]innerhtml[/b]=OFS-47045-X:BTFG9093-1
[b]outerhtml[/b]=<A href="/StubEMPUI/BusinessMessageEvent.do?type=detail&amp;msgIndex=0">OFS-47045-X:BTFG9093-1</A>
abs_x=132
abs_y=478

for the first four properties value start with OFS only
i cannot use abs values as they are changing in runtime. please suggest.

below is my code

Code:

Set Mybrowser3=browser("title:=BusinessMessageEvents","name:=BusinessMessageEvents").page("title:=BusinessMessageEvents")
var_ofskeyid=Mybrowser3.Link("innertext:=OFS.*","html tag:=A").GetROProperty("innertext")
Mybrowser3.Link("text:=Notifications","html tag:=A","name:=Notifications").Click

its not working..

[sshukla12]

Hi,

Try to use below code:

Code:

var_ofskeyid=Mybrowser3.Link("name:=OFS.*","html tag:=A").GetROProperty("innertext")

One more thing , do u want to click this link only or some other link because below line of code

Code:

Mybrowser3.Link("text:=Notifications","html tag:=A","name:=Notifications").Click

is clicking something else?
Regards,
Sankalp

[yogesh kancherla]

yes it worked now. thanks alot. earlier, it was not clicking any other link as well.
thanks alot for your help.

[sshukla12]

Glad to hear it worked for you.

Regards,
Sankalp

[newqtp]

I am getting error at this line of code.
browser("opentitle:=.*").page("title:=.*).link("href:=www.yahoo.com/account") value after account keep changing, to make it work I need to use regular expression.
I have tried link("href:=www.yahoo.com.*") it throws error. Any suggestion?

[vinod123]

you did not use full value of the innertext. Enter the full value of the innertext it will solve your problem